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Harassment, that nature. he was born here in brooklyn. he went to high school in new jersey, and because he was going to have problems in his background, he was going back and forth to georgia with relatives down there. [ inaudible question ] >> thats still under review right now. as i said earlier, were looking back to see where he was in the week. we do believe he was in new york earlier in the week, and he apparently takes the bus line to and from the south. so we have nothing on that yet, bu...

Members made against him for minor incidents, aggravated arrests of that nature. he was born here in brooklyn. he went to high school in new jersey and because he had problems in his background, he was going back and forth to georgia with relatives down there. we believe hes in new york earlier in the week. apparent le hes taking the bus line to and from the south. we have none of that yet and thats still to be determined. four shots were fired at the officers. all the rounds are accounted for w...

Away, which hit the car. >> i believe that this was done so as to throw a bone to his friends, that is, to give them an out, to say that it wasnt first-degree murder, that maybe it was something lesser than that, like criminally negligent homicide or manslaughter. basically, something to try to appease his friends. >> the shell casing at the scene indicated the weapon was an hk-91 assault rifle. receipts from a local gun store supported george kerrs claim, that doug gustafson had bought an hk-91...

Somebody to target you? >> not far from the site of the shooting, police found a shell casing on the side of the highway. >> the bullet probably came from another vehicle that was traveling in the same direction as our victim vehicle. >> the casing was from a high-powered assault-style rifle, a heckler & koch, or hk-91. police wondered whether the shooting was intentional or a random act. >> they were concerned that somewhere there was a shooter out there, not knowing what had happened or what l...

Fairly well preserved. i remember thinking at the time that i hope that means that were going to have some good evidence. >> but the crime scene itself was another matter. >> it was a dumping ground. it was a ravine where people dumped their tires. their stoves. it was very difficult for investigators to separate out what was perhaps related to the crime and what was not. >> at the top of the ravine was a single .22 caliber shell casing. as well as taras car keys and parts of a cigarette. >> the...

>> williams admitted he sometimes used the rifle for target practice in his back yard. investigators knew this was their chance to find out whether kevin williams rifle was the murder weapon. incredibly, investigators found two shell casings under the porch. ballistics matched the shell casing found near taras body. >> this is absolutely good stuff. this is good science which tells you, you have just recovered cartridge cases from the murder weapon. >> but where was the rifle? and which man was ...

Two shell casings were found nearby. fingerprints identified the victim as virginia russell. >> pretty shocking. she hadnt been out two months when this incident happened. >> she was missing her right shoe. there was no dirt or debris on her foot, but her stockings were ripped and she had scrapes on her knees. the missing shell casing indicated virginia may have been shot once in another location and then dragged to where she was shot two more times. >> theres obviously more to this homicide tha...

And then continued to string that back toward the area that the shot was fired. >> in a clump of bushes, 80 yards in front of the fence post, investigators found a .308 caliber shell casing. to find the bullet that went through bruces chest, investigators searched the area in the straight line path beyond where bruce was standing. with a metal detector, miraculously they found a .308 caliber round. >> at the end of the string was the bullet. i mean, it was stroke of luck, stroke of luck. >> this...

>> on the ground near the car was a .45 caliber shell casing. it was the only evidence at the scene. >> we didnt have much evidence to work with at all. we had no fingerprints, tire tracks, footwear, nothing. >> everyone who worked with rebecca said she made a point of having no personal relationships with any of the clubs patrons. >> she would leave the club and not have anything to do with it outside of what she did there for her employment. >> dozens of interviews were conducted. no clear sus...

Caliber handgun, please let me know. he says we got two. i said keep em. plantens two .45 caliber guns were test fired. analysts were especially interested in the marks on the shell casings. imperfections from the firing pin are imprinted on the shell casing when the gun is fired. and the imperfections on each firing pin are unique to each gun made. when the shell casing was compared to the shell casing from drew plantens gun, the results were unmistakable. >> some very well define parallel line...